Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-21

RERRRR0RHAL NEWS.
A new elevator u being constructed
on the north end Of the Echo mills, hsv'
inR capacity Of 5000 boshslz-SPo-
kans Paper.
Pile driving for the Pasoo Kennewick
/ bridge has been commenced. Work
viii be pushed as rapidly as men and
| material can d0il.
| The different Masonic bodies Of SEQ
kane Falls viii shortly occupy q nnt
room on the third door Of WolvertonAI
brick as q lodge Fosu.
Il IL reported that F. J. Spencer, o.
| the Cheney SeRtfRel. Is about 10 Fetirs
| from editorial charge OF that journal
| and that Ea. Stewart. Of Cheney, and {
Mr.. kalef, from Portland. viii assumi
1 management.
| A man near Palonse City aheared his
geese not long ago. suppostng that was
the proper way TO remove the feathers.
| That must be the same fellow thai took
the COW By the tail 70 pump the milh
out Of heF.-Boomsrang.
John Buckley shipped the FIRST eFat,
| Of Yakima watermelons, ThuFsday, eve
sent TO the Sound. They were billed d
Frederick & Maud, Seattle, and are be
lieved to be in ahead Of the Oalifornia
melons. at least none had been received
ct Seattle up to Tuesday.
The Commissioners Of Franklin
County have been 10 session at Pasco
/ as q Board Of Equalization and 6nd
that the taxable property is valued 81
$l37 s9l3. TIE Commissioners decided
4 aa~.av - OlX g..
besides read poll tai Of 81 on oil per-
sens liable under the law.
The shipment Of cattle and horael
from this Territory TO Montana oontin.
uee undated. Every day trains laden
with sheep, horses and cattle pass thii
point going east. These are mostly fol
the Montana ranges, bat many thous.
and for work horses are purchased hers
for the Eastern markets. as we'll 90 beeI
and motton for Chicago. -Spokane Re.
Vies.
Messrs. Walters and Elliott Of EIlens-
burRh have under construction large
water wheel on she Yakima river, abou
i've miles above that town. TIE design
Of this wheel IL to work rich gravel bai
about one-feuFth mile above the head
of the EllensbuTRh ditch. II has been
lately discovered that the entire grave
bluffs facing the river for several miles
this side Of Swauk carries ane gold in
sufficient quantities to pay working. -
Loeatser.
A passenger on the train from Port.
land this morning informed q reporter
THAT the o. r. d N. o., nov refuss to
sell ticketa over the Northern Pacific
lines wherever they interaeot the linel
of the fsrmer company. In the east
kof woman who wanted TO 60 TO Pull
man, Whitman County, Washington
/ Territory, from Portland, the company
refused TO sell her @ ticket between
Wallnla and Palouse functions. This
looks like q fight 10 dead earnest, and 4
suits the people better than q combina.
tion.- Walla WaIla Statesman.
A man by the name OF Howell opened
saloon At Davenport about the first Of
July. He did good business, bat re-
GENTLY, all Of the gessipy stories which
have been floating around the plaOs
having been traced 10 him. q number oil
eitizsns animated thst be had bettsl
leave. Most of the FumoEa which be
started reflected on respectable ladies
Of the town, and Howell has already re
oeived rough treatment ct the hands Of
some gentlemen who have come to tbs
ladies' defense. Evidently the teWr
will be madetoo hst for him.
The Yakima County Commissioners
ct their recent session determined that
Il vas necessary to raise &4Q,8l6 50 :oI
1887 which would be divided as follows,
For territorial purposes, $4s917. 40; oFdi.
nary county purposes, $15.927 95
schools, 81, 9t5 IS; roads. $3,951 50;
roads and bridges, 1881 %. Tha total
value Of the taxable property Of the
county as appears on the assessment
rolls after the equalization Of taxes d
81, $50, 994. To raise the required sam
the assessment vas placed az 20k mills
on the dollar, which is pFopoEtIoned q
follows: territorial, 21S mills; schools.
6 mills; county, mile: roads, 2 mills:
roads and bridges, mills.
The ''boss" output Of logs from any
camp on Puget Sound. that has y0t
come 70 our notice, occurred at jasper
Hills camp on the LIST Of July. WITH q
fokce Of afteen men and ten oxen, I4l,-
lib feet Of logs we're hauled from the
woods over skid read and put into she
water between 0 q. m. and 6 D. N. The
timber was large, many Of the logs be-
ing over 90 inches In diameter, and was
all cut, sawed and svampsd. This may
seem rather "hahy" 10 old Puget Sound
iumbeFmen, bat Mr.. Sill assures us that
the work was actually done, g fair and
accurate scale having been made by
himself. The road was q short one.
John 6ouen was the teamsteF. -Saoho.
Rsish Eye.
Il is plain TO any one travelling over
II tina fAnfIE 20, hal ~ -.
been largely wasted By the Govern
ment on the Eooksaek river could bv
some means have been iadieiously ap-
piled 10 the public roads she people
i would have been much more benefited
than they have been by the work to
which il has been applied. We venture
the belief that the money expended on
| the Nookaaok would have constructed
a. least two good roads the entire width
OF the County, and would net th0sn,
with the County and volunteer work,
have Accommodated the psopis hesteF and
more permanently than 70 pat it Ia q
river which is already hlling up with
iamG vbio viii soon Fetard navigation,
blaine yOzrHaI.
We are PLEASED 10 learn that The AgTi.
cultural Sociesy Feesntly formed has
bought 30 acres Of ground cat ne or d.
vid Fishers, which h 70 be fitted up in
good style for the holding Of he annual
county fairs. THIS viii assure one BE-
ing held this fall and we hops every
snocssdina fall hegeaftss. Il IL in GOOD
hands nov. fheg are men Who viii
take an interest 10 the success Of the
fairs. They are identiled With al the
important interests OF the county, and
viii do al they can to advance this
pFaiseWoFthy obieet. Thsy will have
our hearty cooperation and besi wishes
in their FhoFts. The emulation that
fairs begei % deserving Of encourage
meut and does no one harm--eyen me
laRRard viii b -bsesGited.--K fffitas
LooaisxsF.
TIE Yakima Coonty Commissioners
have edioasned 10 meet IN special ses-
sion the lsth Of September, when mat
tegs Of great importanoe Will come be-
fore The board. Inc osieBsible paFp0ee
Of tbs session will be the Tecaisisa %
c0anty bridges. bat sbs ansstion u
tondina the eoaEty Cor $4,000 will b
intgcaacsd, ana u & desired that thsre
be general expression Of tbs people
en- this head. Tue Indebtedness Of The
c0anty, which d nsw bearing q ruinous